Maryland Deathfest

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  Day Two with At the Gates, Agalloch, Cancer

  Various Venues, Baltimore MD, May 23

  PUBLISHED May 24, 2014

  By Friday (May 23), Maryland Deathfest XII was up and functioning as a fully armed and operational battle station. Black metal and post-har...

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  Day One with Crowbar, Coffins, Torche

  Various Venues, Baltimore MD, May 22

  PUBLISHED May 23, 2014

  Over the course of its 12-year history, Maryland Deathfest has steadily built a reputation for being one of the best (if not the best) heav...

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  Disma

  Outside Stage 2, Baltimore MD May 27

  PUBLISHED May 29, 2012

  While Disma adhere to the basic riff structures of death metal, they slow the pace of their music down to a churning crawl. Their set borro...

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  Rwake

  Club Sonar, Baltimore MD May 27

  PUBLISHED May 29, 2012

  Rwake, a band of Southern sludgesters from Little Rock, AK, dragged the blood, mud and tar inside the Sonar for a humid, choking set. While...

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  YOB

  Club Sonar, Baltimore MD May 27

  PUBLISHED May 29, 2012

  There is a point at which sound, at sufficient volume and when played with enough animal ferociousness, undergoes an alchemical transformat...

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  Electric Wizard

  Outside Stage 1, Baltimore MD May 27

  PUBLISHED May 29, 2012

  I have no words to describe -- by 9:30 p.m. on Sunday night, four full days into Deathfest and with a rolling hangover that ebbed and flowe...

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  Dragged into Sunlight

  Club Sonar, Baltimore MD May 26

  PUBLISHED May 28, 2012

  You are startled awake by a pressure on your chest, its hands already at your throat, hooves planted on either side of your body. The smell...

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  The Devil's Blood

  Club Sonar, Baltimore MD May 26

  PUBLISHED May 28, 2012

  While their recent performance in Toronto with Behemoth and Watain was impressive and moving, their set at Maryland Deathfest was even furt...